I have a unique volunteer program. Do volunteers need FBI fingerprint checks?
Volunteers, such as DADS Foster Grandparents, or parent volunteers in Head Start centers, who are not employed by the operation, who are not counted in the child/caregiver ratio, and who do not have unsupervised access to children in care do not require FBI fingerprint checks. Also, volunteers who are needed only to fulfill “supplemental” child/caregiver ratios for field trip or swimming activities do not require FBI fingerprint checks. However, DFPS still requires name-based background checks on all volunteers that are regularly or frequently present at the child-care operation while children are in care.
